Donald Trump Is Wrong. Police Shootings Are Not At A Record Level.

This story was originally published on FactCheck.org. Donald Trump wrongly said that “they’re shooting our police at record levels.” The record for police firearm deaths, and deaths of officers overall, in recent decades was set in the 1970s. He went on to say those shootings were up 50 percent or “much higher than that from last year.” That’s true. According to figures from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, there were 32 firearm fatalities of law enforcement offic...